Improvement in water-fall head-dresses for ladies



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP \VALTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AIMPROVEMENT lN WATER-FALL HEAD-DRESSES FOR LADIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L16,961, dated March21, 1865.

To all who-m it mag/concern l butin these improved water-falls thestufling Beit known that I, PHILIP VALTER, of is made of a pillowcomposed of hair or other the city, county, and State of New York,suitable material inclosed in a case made by have invented-a new anduseful Improvement l some textile fabric, and such waterfalls can inWaterFa-lls, and I do hereby declare that l be worn with perfect safety,because the covthe following is a full, clear, and exact del ering hairof the same is held so firm in its seription thereof, which will enableothers i place that it is not liable to become dislodged, skilled in theart to make and use the same, and the pillow is effectually concealed.referencebeinghad to the accompanyingdrawi A representsawater-fallconstructed accordings, forming part of this specification, in ing tothis invention. It is composed of the whicl1 pillow or stuffing B andthe covering hair C. Figure l is a perspective view of my inven- Thecase of the pillow is made of some thin tion, partly in section,showing` its application textilematerial-such as gauzc-whichisfilled tothe head of a young lady. Fig. 2 is a rear l with hair or other suitablematerial, and the elevation of the same. covering C consists of a seriesof strands of Similar letters of reference indicate like horse-hair,which can be doubled up at the parts. upper edge and drawn down over thepillow, Vater-falls or small pillows, at present as clearly shown inIiig. l of the drawings. worn by ladies at the back of the hea'd under sBy doubling the strands I obta-in a sufficient the hair, are generallymade of human hair, quantity of hair to cover the widest part of and theperson wearin the same selects one 1 the pillow without injuring thestuiiing on the the color of which corresponds to the color of 1 pillow,and to lay said covering hair so as to her own hair as near as possible.give to the water-falls the appearance of hu- The shortness and the highprice of human man hair falling down from the back of the hair are twoserious objections to the usel head. of this article in the manufactureof waterl In ord-er to hold the strands of hair in their falls. Onaccount of its shortness the human l places I employ binding a b c d,extending hair cannot be )ro ierlv fastened on the ilcrosswise indiiierent )laces as shown in the low or stuffing over which it is drawn,and it i drawings, and, furthermore, the inner ends of is liable,therefore, to become entangled and the covering strands are securelysealed to out of order, causing much trouble to the 2 the under surfaceof the pillow-case. In orwearer, and the high price of the human hairdinary water-falls such abinding cannot be compels the manufacturer tocharge much applied, because the stuffing in the case is not Inore forsuch an article than it appears to be lit to retain the binding in itsplace. Waterwort-h. These difficulties are avoided by the fallsconstructed according to this invention use of horse-hair instead ofhuman hair in are not liable to become entangled,they1etain themanufacture of water-falls. Horse-hair their proper shape for a longtime, and they or other hair of sufficient length can be l can be madelnuch cheaper than those made doubled up at the upper edge of the wateriof human hair.

falls and drawn in double strands over the I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letpillow or stuffing, and when it is secured by a tersPatentm Y binding extending across the water falls near 1. The use,inthe manufacture of water-falls, the upper ends of the strands, thenagain a litof strands of horsehair G doubled up at the tle farther down,and again on the under side l upper edge of the pillow or stutling andseof the pillow in two different places, the cured to the same bybinding a b c 1,substrands of hair used as a covering of thepilstanti-ally as and for the purpose set forth. low are securely heldin place, and an article 2. In combination with the above, the emisproduced which is not liable to get out of ployment in water-falls ofstuffing inclosed in order. a case of gauze or other textile material,sub- The stuffing in ordinary water-falls is comi stantially as and forthe purpose described. posed of hair inclosed on the inner side by a gpiece of gauze or other suitable textile fabric and on the otherdirectly by the covering hair, g Titnesses so that when the coveringhair is slightly dislodged nothing but hair is visible below;

PH. WALTER.

M. M. LIVINGsToN, C. L. TorLIEE.

